The Flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Pegasus: The Flame of Olympus is not a book that I would recommend to most high-school level teens, but middle schoolers may enjoy it.
-Silverpen Reviews

Synopsis

A young girl, a winged horse, and an Olympian war make for an adventurous start to an exciting trilogy.

When Pegasus crashes onto a Manhattan roof during a terrible storm, thirteen-year-old Emily’s life changes forever. Suddenly allied with a winged horse she’d always thought was mythical, Emily is thrust into the center of a fierce battle between the Roman gods and a terrifying race of multiarmed stone warriors called the Nirads. Emily must team up with a thief named Paelen, the goddess Diana, and a mortal boy named Joel in order to return Pegasus to Olympus and rescue the gods from a certain death.

Along the way, Emily and her companions will fight monsters, run from a government agency that is prepared to dissect Pegasus, and even fly above the Manhattan skyline—all as part of a quest to save Olympus before the Olympic flame burns out.

Kate O’Hearn was born in Canada, raised in New York City, and has traveled all over the United States. She currently resides in England. Kate is the author of four novels about Pegasus and Emily. In addition she is the author of the Shadow Dragon series and a book about a Valkyrie. Visit her at KateOHearn.com.

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Reviewed by Justin941
on
May 19 2012

If you like Greek/Roman mythology or are just looking for a exciting and fast paced book to read this summer I would highly suggest picking this one up. It's fairly light, I found it to be a really fast read once I was actually able to sit down for an extended period of time to read it

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Reviewed by Kaitlin
on
Sep 13 2012

The initial idea of this book is very intriguing, but in all honesty the writing needed a lot of work. The dialogue especially was very weak and awkward (and often cheesy)...There was also lots of repetition of the same information.